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Crescent
ˈkrɛznt
Crescent definitions
noun
crescent
crescents
- the curved sickle shape of the waxing or waning moon
"the moon was a slender crescent"
- a representation of a crescent used as an emblem of Islam or of Turkey
"on the flag was embroidered the Turkish crescent"
- the political power of Islam or of the Ottoman Empire
- a thing which has the shape of a single curve that is broad in the centre and tapers to a point at each end
"a three-mile crescent of golden sand"
- a street or terrace of houses forming an arc
"we lived at Westway Crescent"
- a charge in the form of a crescent, typically with the points upward
- a moth or butterfly with crescent-shaped markings on the wings
- an orange or brown American butterfly with a silvery mark on the underside of the hindwing (genus Phyciodes, subfamily Melitaeinae, family Nymphalidae)
- a brownish European moth with a pale mark on the forewing (several species in the family Noctuidae, in particular Celaena leucostigma)
adjective
crescent
- having the shape of a crescent
"a crescent moon"
- growing, increasing, or developing